UNITED STATES v. EDWARDS

No. 77-1624.

568 F.2d 68 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Larry Dean EDWARDS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 19, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon E. Allen, Des Moines, Iowa, for appellant; Allen, Babich & Bennett, Des Moines, Iowa, on brief.

John M. Fitzgibbons, Asst. U.S. Atty., Des Moines, Iowa, for appellee; Roxanne Barton Conlin, U.S. Atty., on brief.

Before BRIGHT and ROSS, Circuit Judges, and HARPER, Senior District Judge.


ROSS, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Larry Dean Edwards was convicted pursuant to a sixteen count federal indictment which charged him with eight violations of both 18 U.S.C. § 922(h)(1) and § 922(a)(6). Counts seven and eight of the indictment against Edwards were dismissed by the trial court. All of Edwards' violations relate to firearms. Section 922(h)(1) provides, inter alia, that it is unlawful for any person who has been convicted of a crime punishable...

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